Career Planning: Requirements and Qualifications for Civil Service Jobs

Apart from the job satisfaction that comes from public service, civil service jobs offer excellent benefits. These include retirement benefits and health and life insurance. Plus, these benefits are portable.

Civil service employees work under the local, state and federal government to provide a service to the nation in the form of a Postal Worker, Police Officer, an Air Traffic Controller, or many other specialized careers.

Types of Jobs in the Civil Service

Just about every kind of occupation is represented in civil service, ranging from professional jobs—lawyer, doctor, teacher—that are at the top of the vocational ladder to unskilled labor.

For example, the majority of librarians, teachers and safety professionals work in the public sector. Regardless of your skills and knowledge, there’s probably something that you’re qualified to do in government service. Even if you’re a high school graduate interested in, say, printing, you can work in the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.

Most civil jobs are associated with the police, education, highways and fire protection sector. The post office employs a third of federal employees.

These jobs can be broken down into:

1. Administrative
2. Professional, technical, and scientific,
3. Skilled trades
4. Clerical
5. Unskilled

Looking For a Civil Service Job

The federal government has made it quite simple for prospective candidates to search for jobs within the system through their site www.usajobs.opm.gov. Job seekers can view job vacancies by category, submit applications and find out the eligibility criteria.

Moreover, www.firstgov.gov is the U.S. Government’s official web portal that provides links to websites of local, tribal and state government.

You can even visit the official website of the Partnership for Public Service, www.ourpublicservice.org. It’s a non-profit, non-partisan organization that recruits a large pool of candidates for federal jobs.

Uncle Sam is hiring constantly, and available positions match for a wide set of skills and interests.

Civil service exam

The civil service exam is a prerequisite for some civil service jobs—particularly, police officers, postal service workers and air traffic controllers. The exam varies based on the position in question.

Applicants are generally assessed on their ability to perform basic mathematical formulas, their work ethic, reasoning and decision-making skills, and reading comprehension.

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